Christianization and power in medieval Scandinavia and central Europe (original) (raw)

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Before Christianity

  1. evidence of paganism

    1. pagan genealogies
    2. writing down of pagan myths in Christian chronicles
    3. archeological evidence of cult-sites, cultic activity
    4. burial practices
    5. statements, topoi about paganism

  2. evidence of other non-Christian religions

    1. knowledge/attitude of society to these

  3. evidence of royal power before Christianization

    1. evidence of royal/princely creation of power- and/or cult-centers
    2. power-structures
    3. vocabulary of rulership
    4. origins of dynasty
    5. pagan genealogies
    6. discontinuity/continuity of power-structure with Christianization

  4. evidence of contacts, especially leading to Christianization before the baptism of the ruler

    1. Lives of missionaries; other evidence of missions
    2. sending or invitation of missionaries
    3. outcome of missionary activity
    4. evidence of individual conversions
    5. signs in art/archeology
    6. burial practice
    7. Christian cult objects
    8. marriages to Christian princesses converting their husbands
    9. trade

  5. baptism of the ruler

    1. circumstances
    2. holy ruler?
    3. apostolic ruler?
    4. evidence of copycat behavior in conversions

  6. evidence of Christianization

    1. missionary activity
    2. papal connections
    3. earliest evidence for liturgy
    4. saints'cults
    5. relics
    6. Christian cult objects
    7. transformation of cemeteries
    8. burial practices
    9. chronology & sequence of change
    10. evidence of influences
    11. evidence of Christian legislation

  7. evidence of medieval perceptions of the conversion process

  8. 'pagan uprisings'

    1. content of sources
    2. what happened
    3. involvement of members of the ruling house/dynasty

  9. evidence of literacy

    1. when it appears
    2. in what language
    3. first appearance of genres
    4. content/uses of literacy

  10. evidence of coinage

    1. start of minting
    2. symbolism

  11. evidence of laws

    1. date laws are issued
    2. content about Christianity and monarchy

  12. signs and symbols of Christian monarchy

    1. regalia
    2. expressions of power
    3. buildings
    4. religious art and royal representation
    5. royal titles
    6. acknowledgement of the emergence of Christian monarchy by others

  13. evidence of how rulers built power

  14. evidence of ecclesiastical organization and institutions

  15. appearance of (arch)bishoprics

  16. appearance of ecclesiastical boundaries

  17. appearance of monasteries

  18. appearance of parishes

  19. appearance of cathedral chapters

  20. evidence of building the church

  21. main architectural tasks

  22. where churches are built

  23. first royal church

  24. architectural analysis

  25. bishoprics

  26. immigrant/native clergy

  27. church hierarchy

  28. missions from the newly-converted countries

  29. evidence of ecclesiastical and non-ecclesiastical administrative system

  30. their coincidence

  31. if relevant, territorialization

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